The Message On Ebola: Don’t Panic

05 Oct The Message On Ebola: Don’t Panic

Following word of the first case of Ebola diagnosed in the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as major news organizations have weighed in. While the development is a concern, the basic message seems to be this: Don’t panic.

The patient, who is being treated at a Dallas hospital, boarded a flight from Liberia and arrived in the U.S. on Sept. 20. As our colleagues on the Shots blog reported, “he wasn’t sick on the flight, and had no symptoms when he arrived.”